Dental Subjects

Correspondence and papers relating to dental matters, notably private patient fees, access to dental treatment on the NHS, NHS dental charges, right to free treatment, state of dental services and the implications for national dental health, NHS dental services planning, dental manpower, adverse reactions to dental materials, safety in dental radiography, anaesthesia in dentistry and reported deaths, mercury in dental fillings, denture service, dental education, emergency dental services, education of dental students, preventive dentistry, dental therapists and child health, dentists pay, services for the elderly, representation on the General Dental Council, dental care for people with disabilities or handicaps, dental surgery, ethical matters (treatment of children distressed by dental experience), the case for six monthly routine checks, unnecessary dental treatment, and collaboration between District Health Authorities and Family Practitioner Committees.

Includes letters from individuals about experiences, complaints or recommendations; press cuttings and magazine articles; DHSS health notices, press releases and publications; correspondence with organisations, health authorities and individuals (such as the British Dental Association, British Dental Health Foundation, Age Concern, School for Dental Therapists, DHSS, Association for Dental Prosthesis, Central Hertfordshire Consumer Group); publications by dental organisations and associations; NHS dental charges posters; NHS statutory instruments, Patients Association comments on 'Towards Better Dental Health' 1981, health education literature, 'The Users' Views of Dental Services' report by Tim Lobstein and Aubrey Sheiham, Department of Community Dental Health and The London Hospital Medical College, May 1980, the Patient Association's evidence to the Committee of Enquiry on Unnecessary Dental Treatement 1985, 'Healthy Teeth Health Smile' newsletters, and BDA Report of the 'Good Practice Workshop' Mar 1986.

1971-1987

1 file (in 2 parts)